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Friday, September 9, 2011

FEMA's social media resources

For the skeptics, a press release.

SOCIAL
MEDIA CAN HELP KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE

ALBANY, N.Y. - Emergency managers can say a lot in 140 characters.
New York State Office of Emergency Management and Federal Emergency
Management Agency use social media tools Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
You can receive the latest disaster recovery updates and information on how
to prepare for emergencies from the following social media sites:

·Widgets- www.fema.gov/help/widgets.
Widgets provide information through web-based graphical interfaces. The widgets
can be placed on personal and business websites, allowing visitors to those
sites to access updates FEMA information.

·Email Updates - www.fema.gov/help/getemail.shtm.
Email Updates provide information delivered directly to your inbox. FEMA never
sends unsolicited emails and the public can choose which updates they would
like to receive.

FEMA does not endorse any non-government websites, companies or
applications.

FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure
that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability
to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all
hazards.